The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires

Foreign Affairs · Lawrence D. Freedman · 2026-10-20 04:00 UTC

In The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, Catherine Fletcher explores how fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy produced various kinds of innovative firearms, transforming war, politics, and society.

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